# Further Competition under the DPS for The Provision of the Post-operative Cataract Service

> Tender notice from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: Countess Of Chester Hospital
- Tender value: £75,000
- Published: 5 December 2019
- Planned start: 3 February 2020
- Planned end: 2 February 2024
- Stage: open_tender
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 0662e9f4-c00c-4549-a55b-bd2a1e861fb9-330755
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-89011a9b-e097-4899-bf6a-91aa60e8355b

## Description

The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust are tendering for the Provision of the Post-Operative Cataract Service on behalf of the West Cheshire CCG\. The purpose of establishing a post-operative cataract service is to allow management of patients following cataract surgery to be managed within a primary care setting\. Our aim is to provide high-quality eye care to patients, with quick access to advice and treatment from suitably qualified clinicians in a safe, convenient and appropriate environment\. Management of the patient will be maintained, where possible, within this new primary care service in order to reduce the demand for urgent hospital appointments, releasing capacity for eye conditions requiring a full ophthalmology hospital service\. This is a further competition under the DPS Framework for The Provision of Off-site Surgical and Medical Capacity Solutions - DPS01/OSMCS/18/IB\. Additional information: PLEASE NOTE THIS OPPORTUNITY IS ONLY OPEN TO SUPPLIERS WHO ARE LISTED ON THE ABOVE FRAMEWORK

## Related contract awards

- [National Framework Agreement for All Age Continuing Care Services](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-ec9a1840-ac02-4fb8-835c-2b216965c6a5): Countess Of Chester Hospital
- [Healthcare Output and Content Management System National Framework Agreement](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-b3c7e320-d727-4028-9570-5a451784ab80): Countess Of Chester Hospital
- [National Framework Agreement for Radiology Capacity Management Solutions](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-e0eb3375-9a0e-4ff6-a764-e728be281d17): Countess Of Chester Hospital

## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/0662e9f4-c00c-4549-a55b-bd2a1e861fb9-330755)